Elaine Equi

Elaine Equi is the author of ten collections of poetry including Voice-Over (Coffee House Press, 1998), which was chosen by Thom Gunn for the San Francisco State Poetry Award; Ripple Effect: New & Selected Poems (Coffee House Press, 2007), which was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry and the 2008 International Griffin Poetry Prize; and most recently, The Intangibles (Coffee House Press, 2019). In 2023 she was guest editor of the annual anthology Best American Poetry. Widely published, her work has appeared in a variety of journals and anthologies including Poetry, The New Yorker, The Nation, Brooklyn Rail, New American Writing, The Paris Review, The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry, and several editions of Best American Poetry. Over the years, her witty, aphoristic, and innovative work has become nationally and internationally known. Her poems have been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and Arabic. She has taught in many creative writing programs including those at New York University, City College of New York, and The New School. She lives in New York City.